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guideway

American  
[gahyd-wey] / ˈgaɪdˌweɪ /

noun

  1. a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.


Etymology

Origin of guideway

1875–80, for an earlier sense; guide + way 1

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“They’re going to get to see tons of trains running up and down the guideway all over the LAX campus.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

Even the people who fix the subway create new nonconformities — power-wash cleaners who blast the decals off guideway strips for the visually impaired, work crews who cut holes in ceilings and leave them unfilled.

From New York Times Mar. 17, 2020

The biggest request is an estimated $700 million to drill through the hillside to the Alaska Junction terminus station in West Seattle, instead of setting concrete guideway five stories high.

From Seattle Times Apr. 1, 2019

In 2012, the university approved an initiative that will modernize many of the system’s internal components, repair the guideway, and eventually phase out Boeing’s original cars.

From The Verge Feb. 24, 2016

But s being guided by its slide in the guideway traverses in a straight line.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

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